1860 Cossart Gordon Sercial solera

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1860 Cossart Gordon Sercial solera

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The annual Christmas event, this instance on Thursday 15th December 2011, as always in The Bell, Wendens Ambo, Essex CB11 4JY, and as always with the theme The Unknown Shipper and His Peculiar Friends.

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Re: 1860 Cossart Gordon Sercial solera

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Bottle number 1 from the tasting at the Bell on 15 December 2011.

10% opaque; honey gold in colour. Huge nose, clover honey and mandarin oranges. Sharp entry, very sour; dry and sharp on the mid-palate with lots of grapefruit. Sour lemon and lime aftertaste and finish of modest length.

Believed to have been bottled in the '50s. 86/100 (but I'm not a madeira fan).
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Re: 1860 Cossart Gordon Sercial solera

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Nose: really astringent. In the mouth, incredibly acidic; concentrated lemon juice with a short after-taste.

It was very interesting to try this bottle; I’ve never had a Madeira so old, but I’m not a big fan of Sercial at the best of times and I’m not sure the middle of a Port tasting was the best of times...
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Very old and very dry. I did not like this.
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